James Baldwin (1871 - 1941)

Born 20 Jan 1871 in Plaxtol, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Amy Hilda (Pakenham) Baldwin — married 29 Feb 1892 in Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 5 May 1941 at age 70 in Mokoia, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

James was born in 1871. He was the son of George Baldwin and Isabella Draper.

Between 1872 and 1876 mother Isabella and her eldest children Emily, James, Sarah are recorded as living at Caerau in the county of Glamorgan in Wales and on the list of paupers maintained by the local workhouse. ^[1]

Parents George and Isabella brought the family to New Zealand onboard ship Pleione in 1880.

Occupation: Farmer.

He passed away in 1941.

James and Amy are buried at Hawera, Taranaki, Block LXIII, (new) plot 10169 and 10677 (old plot numbers 19 and 20).

Buried

Hawera General Episcopalian Cemetery, Hawera, New Zealand

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Sources

1. ↑ Glamorgan, Wales, Workhouse Registers, 1850-1920 (ancestry.com).

• Marriage. "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-KQDW : accessed 30 September 2017), James Baldwin and Amy Pakenham Smith, 1892; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1892/278.
• Death registration number 1941/20558, 70y - Death Record - BDM Online - Dept of Internal Affairs - New Zealand www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
• Burial. South Taranaki District Council Cemeteries Database. Record Number : 13703, Name : Estate of James Baldwin, Section : Hawera General Episcopalian, New Plot ID : 10169, Block : LXIII, Old Plot No : 20, Interment Status : Occupied, Funeral Co-ordinator : D McCormick & Company, Date Of Death : 05/05/1941, Date Of Interment : 07/05/1941, Type Of Interment : Burial, Depth Of Plot : Single, Deceased Age - Years : 70, Occupation : Farmer, Denomination : Non-Denominational. https://public.stdc.govt.nz/cemeteries/
• Glamorgan, Wales, Workhouse Registers, 1850-1920: Cardiff: Abstracts, Lists of Paupers and Year Books 1872-1876: List of indoor paupers, Union Workhouse, p.19 (ancestry.com).
• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSYP-LPB : 10 August 2017), James Baldwin, 28 Nov 1880; citing ship Pleione, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm.
• Paperspast website. HAWERA & NORMANBY STAR, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XLII, 26 JANUARY 1923. "WEEKLY SITTING. BALDWIN v. BALDWIN. The greater part of the sitting was taken up with the hearing of the case, Amy Baldwin against her husband, James Baldwin, of Mokoia, farmer. An application for separation, maintenance and guardianship, on the grounds of failure to maintain inebriacy, and persistent cruelty. Mr P. O'Dea appeared for the complainant, and Mr F. C. Spratt for the defendant. The complainant, in her evidence, said that her life was happy until her husband transferred his affections to another woman. From that time there was nothing but squabbling and ill-treatment of her, until she was forced to leave her home. The Magistrate held that the allegations of inebriacy and failure to maintain were not established, but held that persistent cruelty was established, and made orders for separation, maintenance and guardianship against the defendant. Mr Spratt asked that security for appeal be fixed in view of a possible appeal to the Supreme Court, and this was fixed at 15 guineas." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19230126.2.23.1
• Paperspast website. HAWERA & NORMANBY STAR, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XLII, 24 MARCH 1923. "SUPREME COURT. The case was an appeal from the decision of Mr Barton, S.M. of Hawera by James Baldwin (Mr F. C. Spratt) which Amy Baldwin (Mr O'Dea) was respondent. In the lower court a separation had been sought by the respondent upon the grounds of failure to maintain, or intention of failure to maintain; habitual drunkenness and persistent cruelty. [...] Mr Spratt said that the appellant paid maintenance and was prepared to pay maintenance without any order of the court. It was the grounds upon which the order was made which he wished removed. It was questioned whether the cruelty complained of, which consisted in a blow given in warding off an attack by the wife on the husband could not be accounted cruelty. [...] Mr Spratt announced that a settlement had been arrived at on a basis of a deed of separation, the withdrawal of all the allegations against the husband, and the maintenance remaining the same as that fixed by the Magistrate..." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19230324.2.50

See also:

• Caerau, Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerau,_Bridgend